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CrisisGo, Sonim partner on FirstNet-capable, emergency-communications application for schools

Personnel on school campuses throughout the United States have access to an emergency-communications platform that can leverage the FirstNet system built by AT&T, thanks to a partnership announced yesterday by CrisisGo and Sonim Technologies. Stacey Sisk, CrisisGo vice president of business development, said the CrisisGo platform—available via download for use on virtually any smartphones, tablets […]

Ondas Networks: Suresh Palliparambil discusses edge computing, company’s new Innovation Lab

  Suresh Palliparambil, chief revenue officer for Ondas Networks (formerly known as Full Spectrum), talks about the Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity that his company provides critical-infrastructure entities and enterprises with 802.16s technology and edge computing, which plays a key role in lowering latency. Ondas Networks also recently announced the opening of its Innovation Lab […]

Polaris Wireless: Scot Gordon talks about 3D location tech for 911 callers, first responders

  Scot Gordon, director of advanced technology for Polaris Wireless, outlines technological progress toward delivering vertical location—known as Z-axis information, even indoors—for cellular callers dialing 911 by using hybrid data from multiple sources, including Wi-Fi systems and barometric-pressure sensors on smart devices. Such technology also could be used to help track the location of firefighters […]

Avaya announces ability to provide real-time, 911-location updates for devices in national database

Avaya this week announced that the location of IP-based enterprise phones and PBX systems deployed with the company’s SENTRY NG911 technology can be updated in a national next-generation 911 database for use by public-safety answering points (PSAPs) responding to emergency calls. “In an enterprise environment, when an Avaya phone plugs into the network, our SENTRY […]
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FirstNet official urges local governments to issue smartphones to first responders

All first responders should have government-issued smartphones to ensure that public-safety personnel can access wireless broadband capabilities and that any data or evidence captured is stored appropriately and securely, according to a FirstNet Authority official. “I have very specific advice for mayors, county executives and elected officials: Give your first responders smartphones—city-, county- or state-issued […]
New Jersey medical center equips EMS units with tech from General Devices, Sonim

New Jersey medical center equips EMS units with tech from General Devices, Sonim

Emergency-medical-service (EMS) paramedic units for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., will be able to leverage the e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine application from General Device (GD) and Sonim Technologies’ XP8 ultra-rugged smartphones in an effort to save critical treatment time for patients. General Devices CEO Curt Bashford said his company developed e-Bridge several years […]

Potential security issue with Kodiak push-to-talk offering has been fixed, AT&T says

A security vulnerability in software associated with AT&T’s Enhanced Push to Talk [EPTT] that leverages the Kodiak platform owned by Motorola Solution has been eliminated, an AT&T representative this week told California First Responder Network (CalFRN). Abigail Baker, AT&T’s region manager for FirstNet consultation in California, Hawaii and Nevada, read a prepared statement about the […]

ITC opinion says Hytera can continue selling DMR in U.S., but only with software changes that removes Motorola Solutions patented features

Hytera Communications can continue to sell and maintain DMR equipment in the United States that includes the company’s “i-Series” software upgrade, which does not include functionality included in three Motorola Solutions patents that Hytera “intentionally copied,” according to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). In a 47-page opinion that provides detail explanation of the summarized […]
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